WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

1:00 pm

Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 explores the "the Kent State of the South" the controversial, racially charged shootings of Feb. 8, 1968 at South Carolina State College, in which police officers shot and killed three black men and wounded 27 more following four days of protests over the desegregation of the city's only bowling alley.G

Freedom Riders: American Experience
An integrated band of college students in 1961 risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South to break the grip of segregation. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson presents the first feature-length film about this band of civil-rights activists. He chronicles a chapter in American history that is a testament to the accomplishment of youth that can result from a combination of personal conviction and courage.G

6:00 pm

McClure Center Symposium On Federal Fiscal Issues
Highlights from the symposium earlier in the week feature a panel of national experts examining the current federal fiscal situation. The panel includes U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo (R) and U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R) of Idaho, and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D) of Virginia. The event was put together by the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Idaho.G

Nightly Business Report
Worries about political gridlock in Italy and in Washington caused investors to dump stocks. NBR's Suzanne Pratt takes a look at why sequestration may not be the reason for a market breather. With $85 billion in federal spending cuts just days away. D

Thousand Invisible Cords: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems
Can an entire landscape be changed by changing one gene in one plant or animal? Thirty years of interdisciplinary research says yes, and this film follows the scientific journey that came to that conclusion. "A Thousand Invisible Cords: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems" is an eco-documentary that can truly change how we view the world. No longer will we see species as isolated members of ecosystems but as genetically connected members of a rich interacting community. D

11:00 pm

Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 explores the "the Kent State of the South" the controversial, racially charged shootings of Feb. 8, 1968 at South Carolina State College, in which police officers shot and killed three black men and wounded 27 more following four days of protests over the desegregation of the city's only bowling alley.G